The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration: Both Sides of the Border

Introduction - Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen& Carl Pedersen PART I: AMERICAN IDENTITIES Somos Americanos : Mexican Immigration and US National Identity in the Twenty-first Century - Carl Pedersen Mexican Mestiz Identity in the Twenty-first Century - Helene Balslev Clausen PART II: CAPITAL AND LABOR The Other Side of the Migration Story: Mexican Women in the US - Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo, María Adela Angoa Pérez& Selene Gaspar Olvera From Precarious, Low-Paying Jobs in Mexico to Precarious, Low-Paying Jobs in the United States - Elaine Levine Sending Money Home: The Dynamics of Mexico-US Remittances - Mario Villarreal & Megan Davy The Impact of NAFTA on the Mexican-US Border Region - Elena Labastida-Tovar Transnational Social Networks and International Trade - Magdalena Barros Nock PART III: THE BORDER REGION Beyond Border Crossing and Soulless Places: The Role of Mexico's Northern Border Cities in the Construction of Transnational Social Spaces - Cristóbal Mendoza Changing Representations of the Border - Mario Alberto Velázquez Boundaries in Border Films: The Other as "Our" Redemption - Jan Gustafsson Baldwin Park, Historical Narratives, and American Identities - Anne Magnussen Textual Representations of the Border and Border-Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in The New York Times - Ken Henriksen Mexican Immigration and the Question of Identity in the United States - Raphael Gomez PART IV: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Immigration and the 2006 US Mid-Term Elections - Edward Ashbee Immigration, Social Policy, and Politics in the US - Alex Waddan From the Margin to the Middle?: The Origin, Transformation, and Direction of the Minutemen - Pia Møller Migrants, Votes, and the 2006 Mexican Presidential Elections - Helene Balslev Clausen & Mario Alberto Velázquez Sovereignty along el Río Bravo / the Rio Grande: Changes in US Immigration Law and Mexican Foreign Relations Law - Ernesto Hernández-López